Trent Reznor is one busy motherfucker. I've mentioned on several occasions that NIN is one of my favorite bands and I'm always excited to hear about new developments or material that manages to make its way to the masses. Let me give a quick little history lesson to explain why I'm so happy right now...
Ever since 1989 with the release of Pretty Hate Machine and all the way up to 2005's With Teeth, Trent would release a major studio album (not counting remixes or ep's) just about every 5 years (PHM-1989, The Downward Spiral-1994, The Fragile-1999, With Teeth-2005).
This isn't the case anymore.
In early 2007 NIN released Year Zero which for many was a half-assed effort full of clicks and glitches, but I thought it was a damn fine record and that's all that matters right? This was a great! An album in only 2 years rather than the normal 5.
Trent wasn't done yet. He allowed fans to remix the fuck out of it and he released that bad boy as The Limitless Potential. It wasn't a real album created by Trent himself; rather, it was his personal favorites and it was good.
Instead of taking a break he released another remix album Y34R Z3R0 R3M1X3D which consisted of proper remixes created by the likes of The Faint, Saul Williams, and the Kronos Quartet. Was he done yet? Fuck no, he just finished his last contractual album to Interscope records? Why stop there?
Recorded in just over 10 weeks Ghosts I-IV which was a damn good instrumental album and fuck, it cost 5 bucks.
Well, I guess the NIN train isn't stopping just yet.
Trent just released a new single entitled "Discipline" on the radio today and it actually features vocals. Word on the street is that the track was mastered yesterday and he wanted to get it out as quick as possible and I would have a hard time saying that he didn't get that baby out as fast as he could.
On the NIN website today it said "2 weeks" for a while and last time he did that, Ghosts I-IV came out.
Could it be Year Zero pt. 2? Please god
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